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• accordion pleats — accordˈion pleating or accordion pleats noun Pleating with very narrow folds like the bellows of an accordion • • • Main Entry: ↑accordion …   Useful english dictionary

• accordion pleats — permanent fold of equal width in alternating opposite directions made in some material …   English contemporary dictionary

• accordion — [ə kôr′dē ən] n. [Ger akkordion < akkord, harmony (prob. < It accordare, to be in tune: see ACCORD) + ion as in ORCHESTRION] a musical instrument with keys, metal reeds, and a bellows: it is played by alternately pulling out and pressing… …   English World dictionary

• accordion — /əˈkɔdiən / (say uh kawdeeuhn) noun 1. a portable wind instrument with bellows and button like keys sounded by means of metallic reeds. 2. a piano accordion. –adjective 3. having folds like the bellows of an accordion: accordion pleats; accordion …  

• accordion-pleating — accordˈion pleating or accordion pleats noun Pleating with very narrow folds like the bellows of an accordion • • • Main Entry: ↑accordion …   Useful english dictionary

• accordion — ac•cor•di•on [[t]əˈkɔr di ən[/t]] n. 1) mad a portable wind instrument with a keyboard and a hand operated bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds 2) having evenly spaced, parallel folds like the bellows of an accordion: accordion… …   From formal English to slang

• accordion-fold — /euh kawr dee euhn fohld /, v.t. to fold into pleats resembling the bellows of an accordion: to make a fan by accordion folding a sheet of paper. * * * …   Universalium

• accordion-fold — /euh kawr dee euhn fohld /, v.t. to fold into pleats resembling the bellows of an accordion: to make a fan by accordion folding a sheet of paper …   Useful english dictionary

• accordion pleat — one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium

• accordion pleat — one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine. [1880 85] …   Useful english dictionary

• Pleat — A pleat (older plait) is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place. It is commonly used in clothing and upholstery to gather a wide piece of fabric to a narrower circumference. [ Picken, Mary Brooks, The… …   Wikipedia